Title	Rayen School Stereograph
Subject	Education Business and Labor African American Ohioans Schools
Place	Youngstown (Ohio) Mahoning County (Ohio)
Description	This 3.20" by 3.20" (8.128 by 8.128 cm) stereograph image depicts the Rayen School, a four-room brick building at the corner of Wick and Wood streets in Youngstown, Ohio. The Rayen School was the first high school established in Youngstown and was made possible by a bequest by Judge William Rayen for the establishment of a school open to all. The Greek Revival style building was constructed by prominent African American masonry contractor P. Ross Berry. Plympton Ross Berry moved to the Youngstown area with his wife Mary Long and their four children around 1861. Berry worked on many of the major public and privately owned buildings in Youngstown, Ohio. Buildings credited to P. Ross Berry include Mahoning County courthouse, the Governor David Tod's residence, St. Columba Catholic Church's second church building, Homer Hamilton & Company's foundry and machine shop, the prison finished in 1866, William J. Hitchcock's residence, the Opera House, the first Tod Hotel, the Baptist Temple's second building, and the First Presbyterian Church also located in Youngstown. Berry retired in 1902 and died in 1917.
Date of Original	1869
Source	Audiovisual material; 68.5.2-g
Submitting Institution	Mahoning Valley Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	Om1207_1099322_002.tif
Image Height	929
Image Width	905
File Size	251.46 KB
Searchable Date	1869; *
Format	picture

Rayen School Stereograph

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